The Oklahoma City Thunder finished the Salt Lake City Summer League series against the Philadelphia 76ers. The game went down the wire as both teams fought hard but the Sixers pulled off the win 80-79. It was a surprising move by the Thunder who decided to play Aleksej Pokusevski and Josh Giddey after the two played the last two nights.
Chet Holmgren did not play in this game but Giddey and Pokusevski made up for it in a big way. Giddey ran the show as the point guard and had many opportunities to show off his excellent vision and touch with the basketball.
He finished with 10 points and dropped 7 assists. A big question coming into Summer League though was whether he could improve as a scorer. Giddey struggled shooting as he shot 3-for-11 from the field and 0-for-2 from three. He did fill up the stat sheet though getting 5 rebounds 2 steals and a block. Overall he played well and the Thunder looked very composed when he was in the game.
